News
The quiet of Stanley Park’s forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in a multi-year project to remove about one quarter of the trees that make up what’s considered a Vancouver jewel. A cyclist rides on the road in Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Thousands of trees to be felled in Stanley Park due to moth infestation

140K of the trees to be chopped are less than 20 cm in diameter and the vast majority are hemlock: City

The Public Health Agency of Canada said Friday that the flu season is officially underway in this country. Needles and syringes used to administer the flu shot are pictured on Monday, October 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton

Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says

The dominant strain now will be influenza A type H1N1, says an infectious diseases specialist

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Video
Video captured near Foster Avenue and North Road in Coquitlam shows a construction site retaining wall cracking open and spilling dirt into the foundation on Nov. 29, 2023. (@ashsharma75/X)

VIDEO: Retaining wall collapses at under-construction B.C. highrise

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Closing arguments for the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

2 minutes of silence punctuates closing argument in Ali murder trial

A man was hit and killed by a train near the Port Haney station on Nov. 30. (Black Press Media files)

Man dead after being struck by train in Maple Ridge

A simple ‘hello’ goes a long way in kicking off communication with someone whose sight is limited says Gina Martin who educates the region through her Diverse Abilities business. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

‘Say hello’: B.C. advocate teaches etiquette of interacting with the blind

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Podcasts
Zane Erickson of ZED Studio. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Designing Dreams, Building Reality

Darrell McKay with a 94 year old resident of a refugee camp in the Ukraine. (Submitted Photo)

PODCAST: Darrell McKay updates humanitarian crisis from war-torn Ukraine

Black Press NFL expert Erin Haluschak and PQB News/VI Free Daily editor Philip Wolf. (file photo)

PODCAST: NFL teams look to contend despite host of quarterback injuries

Pamela Martin, retired journalist and news anchor. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: Journalist Pamela Martin remains busy in retirement

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Opinion
Attendants hold their devices as they walk during the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. A federal source says the coming budget will detail how the Liberals plan to go after hidden or unexpected consumer fees, following the United States announcing its own crackdown on these charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Emilio Morenatti

Uzelman: Negligible economic growth forewarns enduring economic malaise

A column by Bruce Uzelman

 

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Entertainment
Rick Mercer arrives on the red carpet for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Avril Lavigne, Rick Mercer among honourees at Canada’s Walk of Fame gala

The 25th anniversary broadcast of Canada’s Walk of Fame will air on Dec. 16

FILE - Former Pogues member Shane MacGowan performs on stage with his group The Popes, at the 10th annual Fleadh, in Finsbury Park, north London, July 10, 1999. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died. He was 65. His family said in a statement that “it is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan.” The singer died peacefully early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 with his family by his side, the statement added. (Michael Walter/PA via AP, File)

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, laureate of booze and beauty, dead at age 65

Singer’s songwriting and persona made him an iconic figure in contemporary Irish culture

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Business
Mastermind Toys, which sells items that include LEGO, has filed for creditor protection. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

‘Deteriorating’: Mastermind toy store files for creditor protection

Mastermind has stores in Coquitlam, Langley, Abbotsford, Tsawwassen, Langford and Prince George

Cyber Monday –- a term coined back in 2005 by the National Retail Federation –- continues to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Today’s Cyber Monday may be the biggest online shopping day of all-time

U.S. retail observers say Black Friday weekend trends look positive for the industry

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John Francis Tremblay

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Anna Noviello

Nov 29th, 2023

Meredith Valerie Thorsen

Nov 29th, 2023

Dwight David Ziegemann

Nov 29th, 2023

Daljit Parmar

Nov 29th, 2023

Jarett James McInenly

Nov 29th, 2023

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